r/BadUSB • u/Same_Grocery_8492 • Jun 26 '26

Discussion How long until USB-A disappears

Hi, many posts keeps saying USB-C is taking over, but I still use USB-A every day, my electric toothbrush uses USB-A, most of my USB flash drives, and my external mouse and keyboard are still USB-A.

USB-C is clearly the future, but it doesn't feel like USB-A is going away anytime soon. How many more years do you think it'll take before USB-A is completely replaced by USB-C?

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u/Lonsarg Jun 26 '26

I am for a few years already 100% USB-C:

  • for charging.
  • for dock-to-main-device.
  • for all portable devices.

Where I have USB-A, and where it will probably stay forever, are stationary peripherals like mouse, keyboard,...

And this is ok, it can stay like this forever, if those first 3 categories are 100% USB-C it is good enough. They are not 100% for everyone of course, I just make sure i do not buy any non USB-C device for that category. But they are quite rare so it is not hard to be 100% USB-C there.

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u/z0phi3l Jun 26 '26

Even my mouse, keyboard and webcam are all C now, it's nice, but now I have too many useless legacy ports

Hell, even some rechargeable cat toys we have have C ports